Folding and self-supporting ironing-table



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. A. A. WHITE & O. R. KING. FOLDING AND SELF SUPPORTING IRONING TABLE.

.264. Patented Aug. 16, 1887.

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ANDREW ASBREY WHITE AND CHARLES RUFUS KING, OF LAMPASAS, I

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FOLDING AND SELF-SUPPORTING lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,264, dated August16, 1887.

Application filed July 30, 1886. Serial No. 209.558. (Modeh) To all whomit may concern: Be it known that we, ANDREW ASBREY WHITE and CHARLESRunes KING, citizens of the UnitedSt-ates, residing at Lampasas, in the5 county of Lampasas and State of Texas, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Folding and Self-Supporting Ironing-Tables, of which thefollowing is a specification. Our invention relates to an improvement in[O ironing-tables; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective r5 View of an ironing-tableembodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section ofthe same, taken on line X X of Fig.

3. Fig. 3 is an inverted the ironing-table folded.

A represents the ironing-board, which may be made of any preferred sizeand shape. To the under side of the ironing-board, near one end thereof,is hinged a leaf, B. To the outer side of the said leaf, near the endsthereof, are

plan View showing pivoted a pair of supporting feet or standards,

0, by means of screws or bolts D.

E represents an arm, which is rigidly secured to the outer side of theleaf B, between the pivoted feet, the said arm extending trans- Thelower end of the arm is provided with projecting ears E, between whichis pivoted one end of a reach, F. This reach is of a suitable length,and to its free outer end, on opposite sides, are pivoted supportingfeet or standards G.- The sides of the outer ends of the reach arebeveled upwardly, and as the upper ends of the supporting feet orstandards G bear firmly against the said beveled sides it will beunderstood that the said feet or standards are diverged toward theirfree ends when they are extended outwardly at right angles from thereach, and when they are folded upward toward the reach they lie onopposite sides 5 thereof and parallel with each other, as shown in Fig.3.- To the'under side of the board A, near the outer end thereof, ispivoted a gravity support or arm, H.

I represents-a pair of hook-rods, which are near its joint with the armE. The free ends of the said hook-rods are adapted to engage staples orkeepers K, which are secured on the under side of the board at one end.

L represents a pair of supporting rods or arms, which lie on the underside of the reach, the said arms being each pivoted to the reach at oneend, asshown at Z in Fig. 3. It will be readily understood from thisdescription that the saidsupporting-arms maybeswung around, and thuscaused to extend from either or both sides of the reach. The free end ofthe reach is provided with a hook, M, which is adapted to engage astaple or keeper, N, on the under side of the board, at the outer orsmaller ends of the latter.

The operation of our invention is as follows: In order to set up thetable preparatory to using the same, the leaf B is first foldedoutwardly from the under side of the board until the upper end of thearm E strikes against the under side of the board, and thesupportingfeet are then spread apart and caused to assume the positionshown in Fig. 1. The reach F is then turned and extended under the boardand parallel thereto, and the supporting-feet G, at the outer end ofthereach, are'then turned downwardly, and in so doing have their free endsdiverged, as before described. The hookrods I are then engaged with thestaples or keepers K, so as to support the leaf B and thesupporting-feet O in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the outer end ofthe reach rests under the depending gravity supporting-arm H, thussupporting the outer end of the ironing-board. As the gravity-arm H hasits upper end pivoted to the under side of the board, it will be readilyunderstood that the said arm will swing freely, so as to permit anarticle which is being placed on the ironing-board to move under thesupporting-arm. The function ofthe supporting-arms L is to prevent largearticles which are being ironed from dragging on the floor.

In order to fold the ironing table, the hooks I are first released fromthe keepers K, the reach is straightened and caused'to align with thearm E, and the leaf Bis then folded against the bottom of the board. Thesupporting-feet G and G are then folded parallel to the reach,

50 pivoted to the reach onopposite sides thereof, with their free endsextending toward each Ico other, and the free end of the reach issecured to the under side 'of the board by means of the V hook M and thekeeper N. b p e Although we'have shown and described the 5 hinged leaf'Bas provided with an arm, E.

which is secured thereto, and has the depend- I ing ears E, to which oneend of the reach Fis pivoted, still it is evident to the skilledmechanic that slight changes in the manner of [0 pivotally connectingthe reach and leaf can be made without departing from the spirit' of ourpresentinvention,the essential feature of which consists in a leafhinged to the ironing board and adapted to bear against the same whenally connected at one end to the leaf, a foldinggravity-arm hinged tothe other end of theboard and adapted to rest upon the free end of the.

reach,fand the folding legs pivoted to the leaf and the reach to firmlyand steadily support the ports when unfolded for use.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- I g l 1. In ani'roning-table, the combination of a 25 board, a leaf, B, hinged heretonear one end, and adapted to bear aga nst the samewhen turned to anupright position, a reach pivot-I turned to an upright position, a reachpivotally connected, at one 'end with the leaf,'the

supporting-feetpivotedto the leaf, the sup portingefeet pivoted to thefree end of the 30 reach, and the; arm intermediate the free ends of thereach and board to support the latter in 1 position wheuunfolded foruse, as and for thepurpose'described.

'2, In. an ironing-table, the combination of a g 3 5 board, a leafhinged thereto and havingthe fixed arm; the reach having one 'endpivotally connected to the arm, the supporting-feet G, pivoted to theleaf, the supporting-feet G, pivoted to the free end of the reach, andthe hook- 4o rods to connect the ,pivoted end of "the reach with theadjacentend of the board to prevent the leaf fromfolding against thelatter; as and v

